Bolshoy Pit

Bolshoy Pit
Большой Пит
Bolshoy Pit is located in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Bolshoy Pit
Mouth location in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Location
Severo-Yeniseysky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationYenisey Range
 • coordinates60°6′49″N 94°57′4″E / 60.11361°N 94.95111°E / 60.11361; 94.95111
 • elevation550 m (1,800 ft)[1]
MouthYenisey
 • coordinates
59°1′15″N 91°41′47″E / 59.02083°N 91.69639°E / 59.02083; 91.69639
 • elevation
61 m (200 ft)
Length415 km (258 mi)
Basin size21,700 km2 (8,400 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionYeniseyKara Sea

The Bolshoy Pit (Russian: Большой Пит - "Great Pit") is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is a right hand tributary of the Yenisey.

The Bolshoy Pit is 415 kilometres (258 mi) long, and the area of its basin is 21,700 square kilometres (8,400 sq mi).[2] The lower reaches of the Bolshoy Pit are navigable during the spring flood between May and June up to the village Bryanka, 184 km (114 mi) from the river's mouth.[3]

  1. ^ Russia. Topographic map P-46-IX,X, 1:200,000, 1987 edn.
  2. ^ Russian State Water Register - Bolshoy Pit
  3. ^ Малые притоки Енисея. Судоходство и грузоперевозки (Small tributaries of the Yenisei. Shipping and freight - Yenisei River Shipping Company)